On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:39 +0100 Luigi Rizzo <ri...@iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> usr/sbin/config assumes that the kernel config file > lives in ${src_base}/sys/${arch}/conf , which means that > if you need to build a custom kernel one needs RW > access to that directory. > > Any idea on how we can enable config to work in a > generic directory ? > > I scanned the source code usr.sbin/config and found that > it uses hardwired paths -- specifically, it looks for > the kernel source tree in "../.." and has multiple > hardwired paths such as "../../conf/". > There is also a somewhat undocumented access to a > file called DEFAULTS that extends the configuration you pass. > > Any objections to the addition of a "-s" option to config(8) > to specify the location of the source tree ? > Seems like a good idea to me as long as the old behavior is kept. -- Gary Jennejohn (gj@) _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"